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title: ""A petition to remove a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Leicester has…"
date: 2020-06-14
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# "A petition to remove a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Leicester has…

*June 14, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-53025407](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-53025407){target="_blank"}
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\"A petition to remove a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Leicester has received nearly 5,000 signatures.\
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The online petition accuses the Indian independence campaigner of being \"a fascist, racist and sexual predator\".\
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Last year, students from Manchester called for a similar statue of Gandhi to be removed because of his \"well-documented anti-black racism\".\
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Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe called the petition a \"massive distraction\" from the Black Lives Matter movement.\"\
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[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-53025407](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-53025407){target="_blank"}
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